[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50482-50483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20646]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Objective Work Plan (OSP), Objective Progress Report (OPR) 
and Project Abstract.
    OMB No. 0980-0204.
    Description: Content changes are being made to the OPR and OWP 
only. The information in the OPR is being collected on a quarterly 
basis to monitor the performance of grantees and better gauge grantee 
progress. The OWP is utilized by applications when they submit their 
proposals and then by grantees to monitor their projects once awarded. 
ANA has reworded and renumbered the OPR questions to allow for better 
flow and clarity. The majority of content being requested from the 
grantees is the same and has not changed.
    OPR: Following are content changes being made:
    Objective Work Plan Update: Content is the same. Questions 1 and 2 
were originally questions 3 and 4 on the previous OPR. ANA has also 
reduced the number of objectives under this section to 3. ANA is also 
separating out the current status of expected results and the current 
status of expected benefits. This will match ANA's revised OWP.
    Partnerships and Leveraged Resources: Content is the same. 
Questions 3 and 4 were originally part of questions 11-13. The 
leveraged resources table under question 4 has been reformatted to 
allow for easier data collection.
    Impact indicator: The content requested in this section is similar 
to the previous OPR with some additional information being requested. 
Question 5 was originally captured under question 11 of the previous 
OPR. ANA has added additional fields to this section: Tracking 
mechanism, pre-grant status, and three-year target to align with ANA's 
funding opportunity announcement. Questions 5a and 5b are new and ask 
the grantee for the status of the impact indicator at the end of each 
budget period. This information was captured quantitatively in the 
previous OPR.
    Native American Youth and Elder Opportunities: Content is the same. 
Questions 6 and 6a were originally questions 14 and 14a on the previous 
OPR.
    Staffing: Content is the same. Questions 7 and 7a were originally 
question 16 on the previous OPR. Question 7b was originally question 15 
on the previous OPR. ANA has added one field to this table: Type of 
position.
    Challenges: Content is the same. Questions 8 and 9 were originally 
questions 1 and 5 on the previous OPR. For question 9 ANA has added a 
table to capture information that was previously provided in a 
narrative format. Questions 10 and 11 were originally questions 2 and 6 
on the previous OPR.
    Project Sustainability: Content is the same. Questions 12 and 13 
were originally questions 18 and 17 on the previous OPR.
    Financial: The content requested in this section is similar to the 
previous OPR with some additional information being requested. 
Questions 14 and 16a were originally questions 9, 10, and 7 on the 
previous OPR. Question 17 is a new question. This question will not 
require the grantee to conduct additional work as they will be able to 
respond to this question utilizing the required OPR and 425 forms. 
Question 18 was originally question 8 on the previous OPR.
    Four additional questions have been added that are specific to a 
special initiative ANA is funding this year. These questions are only 
to be filled out by the Asset for Independence Grantees.
    OWP: ANA has reformatted the OWP (content is same). ANA has added a 
field for applicants to include problem statement identified in grant 
application; has separated the results and benefits expected to align 
with ANA's funding opportunity announcement. ANA is no longer 
requesting data on non-personnel hours. On the previous OWP ANA 
requested applicants to provide the position responsible for each 
activity. This title has changed to `position performing the activity' 
and applicants will be asked to identify the lead person in one cell 
and other support in a second cell.
    Project Abstract: ANA is no longer managing this form. Grants.gov 
has taken control of this form and will submit any additional requests 
for this submission.
    Respondents: Tribal Government, Native non-profit organizations, 
Tribal Colleges & Universities.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                             Number of        Average burden
             Instrument                   Number of        responses per        hours per         Total burden
                                         respondents         respondent          response            hours
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OWP.................................               500                  1                  3              1,500
OPR.................................               275                  4                  1              1,100
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,600.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or

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other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to 
comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-20646 Filed 8-12-11; 8:45 am]
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